Concealed Pistol License

Concealed Pistol License InformationPlease visit the Grand Traverse County Clerk website for additional information and assistance if you have questions related to the concealed pistol license application process. Applications are no longer processed through the Sheriff's Office.

Written information identifying entities that offer the required CPL training, if maintained by the county clerk.

3. Application Process
The applicant must file this application with the county clerk in the county in which he or she resides. The application shall be signed under oath by the applicant. The oath shall be administered by the county clerk or his or her representative.

The applicant must also:

Include a certificate stating that the applicant has completed the required pistol safety training course.

If an applicant does not have a digitized photograph on file with the Michigan Secretary of State, include a passport-quality photograph.

Pay all applicable fees. For all applications, there is a $100.00 application and licensing fee payable to the county clerk. The county clerk will provide a receipt for payment of fees.

Upon paying all applicable fees and filing the application, the applicant must have classifiable fingerprints taken by the county clerk, state police, sheriff’s office, local police agency, or other entity that provides fingerprinting services.

The entity providing fingerprinting services shall issue a receipt when fingerprints are taken so long as the applicant has provided an application receipt. The fingerprinting receipt must contain:

The statement “This receipt was issued for the purpose of applying for a CPL. As provided in section 5b of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.425(b), if a license or notice of statutory disqualification is not issued within 45 days after the date this receipt was issued, this receipt shall serve as a CPL for the individual named in the receipt when carried with an official state issued driver’s license or personal identification card. The receipt is valid as a license until a license or notice of statutory disqualification is issued by the county clerk. This receipt does not exempt the individual named in the receipt from complying with all applicable laws for the purchases of firearms.”

Possession of a valid receipt of application for a CPL does not exempt the holder from the requirement to obtain a license to purchase a pistol or exempt a firearms dealer from running a background check prior to the sale of a pistol.

The entity providing fingerprint services will fingerprint the applicant and immediately forward the fingerprints to the MSP for processing.

The county clerk shall issue a license or notice of statutory disqualification within 45 days after the date the applicant has classifiable fingerprints taken.